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HMS Kingfisher 1770 by Remco - 1/48 - English 14 Gun Sloop - POF


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Remco,

 

Perfection! I have a question about your mast wedge and partners. Since the mainmast angles aft, and the deck slopes, did you bore your hole through the partners at an angle? Or does the wedge  make up the difference?

 

Mark

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Thank you for clarifying Druxey.

Mark, I filed the hole in the mast partner at a slight angle, but as the mast partner is quite thin it's hardly noticeable.

Greg, I didn't plan to, but now your asking..... ;) I made a slightly different pattern than suggested in TFFM.

 

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Remco,

 

Wow. You are so good at this that you might consider the fine beading along the edges of the capstan whelps and chocks in Napier's Legacy of a Ship Model on page 76, when you get to it. I did not see that detail in the original Bellona model, and so I did not attempt it. I'm not sure I could have done it. But I'll bet you can!

 

Mark

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Beautiful Remco.  Did you recess the faces by hand?  

Mark
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Excellent, Remco! My Swan was O.K.

No Greg, your's is a masterpiece. Every time I go in my shipyard I view the wonderful pictures of your model.

 

but I believe yours may be the definitive version of the class.

That's right. And Remco shows all the steps he goes to realize this dream model.

Regards Christian

 

Current build: HM Cutter Alert, 1777; HM Sloop Fly, 1776 - 1/36

On the drawing board: English Ship Sloops Fly, 1776, Comet, 1783 and Aetna, 1776; Naval Cutter Alert, 1777

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Thanks Greg that is really kind of you, but "My Swan was O.K" must be the understatement of the year ;) 

I don't know Mark I don't have a copy of Napier, but I take it as a big compliment.

MarkII, yep I cut them by hand, couple of real sharp chisels did the job. 

Thnx Christian :)

 

 

Back to work, the Gallow is morticed/tenoned I wanted to give this a try after seeing Tony making tenons for the deck pillars. My hat is off to you Tony, it's a daunting task...

 

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Remco

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Wow

Remco very nice joinery indeed.I like the flourish on the cross beam, lovely touch.

 

Michael

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Beautiful detail on the gallows cross-piece. Just for fun, I've attached the gallows cross-piece on the Navy Board version of the Swan class model in Annapolis. Note the beautiful beaded detail on the bottom edge. Difficult to do, I'd think, even with a scraper.

 

 

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Beautifully done Remco, but if I'm not mistaken Greg has just issued you another "challenge".  I look forward to your response!  ;)

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Beautiful detail on the gallows cross-piece. Just for fun, I've attached the gallows cross-piece on the Navy Board version of the Swan class model in Annapolis. Note the beautiful beaded detail on the bottom edge. Difficult to do, I'd think, even with a scraper.

 

Greg,

 

Remco will probably take this as a challenge....

 

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Naw...I'm not throwing down the gauntlet to Remco. I just thought he'd appreciate the beautiful detail. It's certainly possible that the molded detail might be an embellishment on the part of the ship modeller.

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Thats a great picture Greg, to bad Annapolis is not on my route to the office. It's a bit heavy on the details added on the cross piece and bitt's for my liking. So I wasn't planning to do a mold and just make a test on a piece of scrap to see if it could be done. The result is shown here, I did it on the good piece anyway when I found out it worked out  ;)

 

 

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I think more subtile than the Annapolis model and better matching the rest of my KF.

 

Remco

Treat each part as if it is a model on its own, you will finish more models in a day than others do in a lifetime. 

Current build HMS Kingfisher

 

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Wonderful, I must say, Remco has taken the challenge :D

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Regards Christian

 

Current build: HM Cutter Alert, 1777; HM Sloop Fly, 1776 - 1/36

On the drawing board: English Ship Sloops Fly, 1776, Comet, 1783 and Aetna, 1776; Naval Cutter Alert, 1777

Paused: HMS Triton, 1771 - 1/48

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I knew you wouldn't be able to resist!!!

 

Looks fabulous - and as you say, a little more subtle and in keeping with the rest of the build.

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Very nice Remco!

 

Cheers,

 

 

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Remco, I continue to be amazed with the quality of your craftsmanship - simply stunning!  My utmost respect for your attention to detail and your ability to achieve such fine work. 3d-respect-prosterne-3.gif

 

regards

 

Pat

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Looks to have been done by a miniature chisel....?   Now my mind is truely boggled.  post-76-0-91402900-1365028505.gif

Mark
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Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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